Biodiversity conservation and climate mitigation: What role can economic instruments play?

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 50-58

  Ring, Irene ^a   Drechsler, Martin ^a   van Teeffelen, Astrid JA ^b   Irawan, Silvia ^c   Venter, Oscar ^d  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FISCAL POLICY; INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS; LAND USE PLANNING; NATURE CONSERVATION;

EID: 77954842095     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2010.02.004     Document Type: Review

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